'Windy City LIVE' turns 10: Val Warner, Ryan Chiaverini, original producers reflect on show's start

ABC 7 Chicago's "Windy City LIVE" officially turned 10 on May 26, 2021! As part of the show's special celebration, co-hosts Val Warner & Ryan Chiaverini looked back on WCL's beginnings with current executive producer Hank Mendheim, former executive producer Matt Knutson, and original segment producer Mary Hynes Fournier.

[reneebranch]

I will miss Val and Ryan . They brought life in the afternoons. The one thing I always thought, they never should have a later time, they should have remain at a early time. I hope they return.🤗

[keithday]

I really love that show especially Val💕 congratulations 🙏🏼🌿

[naomis.sharif]

I kinda knew this show may not last. VAL is cute on the outside. She never respected Ryan, as her co-host EQUAL. Val is very quick to rebuke, many of Ryan's opinions and input.
"Gee" was an intellectual buffer, whom Val never "talked down to", as she does Ryan. Me, comparing Val with Tamron Hall, Tamron is KIND. Val is NICE! There is a vast difference. So, l am not surprised. AND when they were moved from the 9am slot... replaced by Kelly...l foresaw, a slow, downward spiral of this show. Sorta like a female Steve Harvey, without the Cussin.

[lazybeagle]

finally canceled. 2nd rate show that lasted to long.